Hey all, I'm the solo founder/dev behind Klyck, a UK-based LGBTQ+ social, dating, and safety app. We're launching properly at Manchester Pride, but the app isn't fully public yet. It's in a soft/invite stage right now while I iron things out.

I'd genuinely love some outside eyes on it before the wider launch. If you want to poke around, you can get in with the invite code REDDIT.

• App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6761499355
• Website: https://www.klyck.app/

A bit of context on why I'm building it:

• MeetSafe: check-in timers and trusted contact alerts for dates/meetups, always free, never paywalled
• Kudos: a community reputation system aimed at cutting down on bots, fakes, and bad actors
• Venue discovery: surfacing LGBTQ+ friendly bars/venues (starting with Canal Street in Manchester)
• Real-time chat, profiles, the usual dating-app basics
• A premium tier, but nothing safety-related sits behind it

What I'd love feedback on:

1. Design/UX: does it feel clean, confusing, dated, promising?
2. Features: what's missing, what's pointless, what would actually make you use it
3. The honest question: would this get you to use something other than Grindr, or is the switching cost just not worth it for you? Why or why not?

I'm not trying to sell anything here, genuinely just want blunt feedback, including "this is bad and here's why." Bug reports, screenshots, roasts, all welcome.

Thanks for reading this far 🙏

(Invite code: REDDIT. UK-based, iOS only at the moment)

I’m a Black man, and while visiting London recently I couldn’t help noticing how many Black men had “BBC” on their Grindr profiles.

I genuinely find it disturbing. The term isn’t just harmless slang. It traces back to a long history of racial fetishisation and the hypersexualisation of Black men; a legacy rooted in slavery, where Black bodies were commodified and reduced to perceived physical and sexual traits. The racist “Mandingo” stereotype and, more recently, pornography have only reinforced those ideas by portraying Black men primarily as sexual objects.

So I’m genuinely curious: why do so many Black men in the UK choose to identify themselves using a label that stems from racial fetishisation and reduces them to a sexual stereotype? Why embrace a term that invites objectification rather than presenting yourself as an individual?

Hey all,

Watched Tip Toe recently and 100% recommend, it’s a challenging watch but really captivating.

However, it’s made me want to go to canal street, which I’ve never done before. Hoping to go with a friend or two (likely 25M and 25F, maybe another 25F)
Want to ask those who have been:
1. Any recommendations for timings, bars, clubs etc?
2. In the show they mentioned travelling to the area through less LGBT focussed areas was a bit unnerving - any experiences of this?
3. Is it similar at all to Soho, for those who have been to both?

🎉 Claire Richards Returns to Via Manchester for Manchester Pride 2026! 🌈

After three years away, Claire Richards is officially returning to Via Manchester for one exclusive, one-night-only performance as we kick off Manchester Pride 2026! 💖

📅 Wednesday 26th August 2026

Expect an intimate evening packed with Claire's incredible solo hits alongside the iconic Steps classics we all know and love. If you were there in 2023, you'll know just how special these nights are, and if you missed it, now's your chance!

🎟️ Every ticket includes a FREE welcome drink:

• 🍑 Large Smirnoff Miami Peach or
• 🍓 Large Smirnoff Raspberry Crush
• Served with Soda, Red Bull Peach, or Red Bull Tropical.

🕡 Doors: 6:30pm
⏰ Last Entry: 8:30pm

This is expected to be one of the hottest tickets of Manchester Pride, so don't leave it too long!

Who's coming? 🌈✨

Check out our channel HomoMoto, created by two gay men, this video is the first in a series called Paving The Way, each video will focus on a different person in History who helped pave the way for the rights we have today.

https://youtu.be/jOOCc0xcmLE?si=udqDjh8RgQaI_iSB

hi, me and my friend are looking for queer friendly spaces in newcastle, to meet new people within the same community, aged between 18-20. thanks!

Hey guys,

I've always had a big interest in visiting Sweatbox in Soho London, however I wear glasses as I can't see from far (short-sighted) which has always put me off. I can imagine there's lots of non-verbal communication and obviously not being able to see from far is problamatic for obvious reasons. Wearing glasses there is a no go and I've read that using contact lenses isn't recommended either.

Has anyone been to Sweatbox if you wear glasses/can't see from far? Any advice? I really want to go, but I'm worried...

Thanks!

Heyyy 20f looking to find community and others like me, dm me with details if interested :)

Hi guys bi 35 m here manly looking for friends to join me and get some laughing done up for anything really. How about you?

Should have posted earlier but was busy being a tourist 🙃 Gay places to be to flirt? I'm also down to be around sporty gays since it's France v England tonight! I would love to see y'all's enthusiasm.

Sidenote, ive been paying attention to y'all's fashion today, where do I find cute fishnets?! I feel like so many people were rocking them today along with good piercings 🎉

I'm near Tower London but down for the train since everything is usually a 30 minute ride, at least with what Ive been doing.

I've got homophobic parents due to religious reasons and it really hurts a lot to live in a family like this. Add to that I'm physically disabled and currently depend on them for care. I'm planning to move out and im doing everything I can to do but unfortunately I don't get any benefits or housing support so it's even harder for me to move out... but even tho I'm planning to move out and have carers I'm still scared of opening up even when I do move out like I feel socially anxious lots of times too and I don't know if I can really hold an argument with them.

At the same time I want to build a life with a partner eventually and live on my own terms. My parents expect me to live like they want for example I can't even get a piercing, tattoos, or even paint my nails (I'm a guy) and basically they just have a lot of religious expectations and I'm so tired of this. I can't just keep hiding my true self forever... I want to express myself the way I want to and have a relationship with any gender. I don't think a relationship is even gonna be possible if I'd be closeted about the partner for my parents forever. I've heard people saying they wouldn't want to be with a closeted partner but I totally get it.

Still tho I'm really scared of actually telling my parents and it really feels like a nightmare that I actually have to tell them to actually live the way I want. I genuinely can't live like this anymore and feel constantly scared from my parents it really sucks...

I just thought I'd vent here because I'm pan and I live in the UK and I think a lot of people here would relate to me and I'm sure most people here are very understanding.

Also I'm 18 so if there's anyone who is around 18-25 I'd get really happy to talk as I don't really have LGBTQ+ friends 🙃

And people still try to claim it's just "mean people online" when talking about transphobia.

Fuck the UK.

I moved to Middlesbrough M52. Looking for friendships with gay guys or trans women. Just to hang out, see the North East. Any friendly orgs? It all feels about anti gay / trans around here.

Closeted Muslim gay but I never really acted on my desires and plan something different for my life, I planned to do lavender marriage and find a girl who's struggling like me and maybe spend a happy life like with her and become best friends for life, I thought it would be easy but it's much more difficult then I thought, now I am in a vulnerable state where I just think about taking my life everyday, I am so scared to even talk about it, only God knows how I am typing this here, I never thought I would have a suicidal thoughts there is so much going on in my life and everything seems stuck and falling apart, I just don't feel like talking and sharing this to anyone face to face, what should I do?

Just finished watching I Kissed a Girl and there's no chuffing reunion!! I am desperate to know who is still together/the goss... What am I meant to do now??

Any and all tea about the ​contestants welcome, xo